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Image processing apparatus and method

a technology of image processing and chroma difference, applied in the field of image processing apparatus and method, can solve the problem that traditional image processing apparatus cannot correct off-set that arises from chroma difference, and achieve the effect of preventing off-s

Active Publication Date: 2012-04-24
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH INC
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[0012]The present invention has been achieved to solve the problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of preventing off-set based on information about brightness, hue and chroma without spoiling image data obtained from reading target surfaces.
[0015]According to the first and the second aspect of the present invention, it is capable of detecting pixels, on which off-set arises, based on information about brightness or hue by comparing the two image data read by reading sections of simultaneous reading system. Then, brightness, hue and chroma of detected pixels can be corrected. Therefore, a problem of off-set in the simultaneous reading system can be solved without spoiling image data obtained from a reading target surfaces.

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Therefore, the traditional image processing apparatus can not correct off-set that arises from chroma difference.

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[0022]In the following, an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings.

[0023]FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of an image processing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0024]The image processing apparatus 100 includes an automatic document feeding section 10, a first image reading section 21 and a second image reading section 22, a first page memory 31 and a second page memory 32, a first color calculating section 41 and a second color calculating section 42, a comparing and detecting section 50, off-set correcting section 60, a controller 70, and a storage section 80.

[0025]The automatic document feeding section 10 includes a document tray, a pair of introduction rollers, a pair of feeding rollers, a platen glass, a pair of discharging rollers, and a discharge tray (none of them are shown).

[0026]The automatic document feeding section 10 feeds a document ...

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Disclosed is an image processing apparatus, including: a comparing and detecting section for comparing two image data, which respectively obtained by nearly simultaneously reading both sides of a document, on a pixel to pixel basis and detecting a pixel, on which off-set arises, from the two image data based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the two image data; and a correcting section for correcting at least any one of brightness, hue and chroma based on information including brightness and hue of the detected pixel.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]In recent years, a simultaneous reading system capable of reading images from both sides of a document nearly simultaneously and executing image processing to the read image data is in widespread use. According to the system, reading speed can be improved compared with a traditional system that reads one side of a document at a time. Moreover, the simultaneous reading system can prevent the document from damages arise from an inverting motion, because the system needs no inverting motion.[0005]Here, “off-set” is pointed out as a problem of the simultaneous reading system. Off-set means that an image of one side of a document appears into the other side thereof when forming an image from image data obtained by reading both sides of the document.[0006]The off-set arises for the reason that, when reading s...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N1/40H04N1/409
CPCH04N1/4095
Inventor OHKAWA, MIEKO
Owner KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH INC
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